-> voor Nederlands scroll naar beneden.FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015 invites everyone to celebrate talent, the art of fashion and diversity!The overall theme of the festival this year is GENDER, the sociological differences between men and women are discarded and we celebrate human diversity. FASHIONCLASH would like to cordially invite you to discover the uniqueness of the human character. Everyone has the right to a unique identity and fashion offers a limitless freedom of expression. That’s why FASHIONCLASH Festival challenges you to think about a world where the fixed gender codes and prescribed identities seize to exist. Imagine there’s no gender, it’s easy if you try. Could this be a possible reality or is it a unreachable utopia?

Where, What & When?

June 12 - 14 fashion shows, designer market and expo at SAMdecorfabriek, Meerssenerweg 215June 11 - 14 Side Program at various location in Maastricht -> more information Side Program

Entrance & Tickets: Admission for the Exhibition, Market and most of the Side Program is for free. To attend the Fashion Shows there is a ticket sale. Tickets for the Fashion Shows program are available in pre-sale online and at the venue during the festival. Press and media can request accreditation ->here.

SIDE PROGRAM 11 - 14 June various locations in Maastricht

Side Program is an accompanying program spread across various locations in Maastricht with pop-up stores, exhibitions, lectures and events in selected boutiques and cultural spots in Maastricht. Most of the locations are accessible for free and open for public during the opening times indicated by the locations. In some locations, you need a ticket, they will be provided by the venue.

SHOWPIECES, exhibition at de Bijenkorf Maastricht

Showpieces is a brand new feature to FASHIONCLASH Festival, an multidisciplinary exhibition that shows the art of fashion. As the name says, Showpieces is a showcase where each designer exhibits one design that represents his/her work.

With Designers-is-Store project, designers are linked to special boutiques and concept stores. This is a great opportunity for designers to get in touch with clients and customers and to receive feedback.

A Vintage AffairSunday June 14, Wyck Maastricht 12.00h – 17.00h Rechtstraat | Wycker Brugstraat Participate yourself and clean up your wardrobes or come stroll our cosy neighbourhood and enjoy the atmosphere that will be just a little different than usual…

Fashion Film Night Out, June 11th at LumiereCinema Maastricht- screening of a selection of short fashion film. More information: FFNO ->Bogardenstraat 40-B

Meet the Maker #2 at Bureau Europa -> Boschstraat 9 ‘Meet the Maker’ is a project by Bureau Europa in a collaboration with NOTO design studio in Maastricht. Artists, thinkers, designers and performers from the Euregio present one work for one day. The work’s presentation is underscored by the encounter between the public and professionals. Meet the Maker will be curated in the in the context of FASHIONCLASH Festival theme 'GENDER'.

MIJNshop & MIJNcollectie, June 8 -14 The MIJNshop, a pop-up store giving new life to a previously vacant building in the centre of Heerlen, is the place to discover (and purchase) the MIJNcollectie: design clothing inspired by miners’ clothing. For the Year of Mines (M2015 ) SCHUNCK* initiates an 'update' of the old miners' clothing, in cooperation with Stichting M2015, 100% Heerlen and FASHIONCLASH. The three young designers from Limburg, Linda Friesen, Ebby Port and Gabriel Guevera present their contemporary version of miners clothing as a second skin for Heerlen. The MIJNcollectie will be on show in Museum aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht from 8 to 14 June during the FASHIONCLASH Festival, and from 3 to 13 July in the Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam throughout the Amsterdam FashionWeek.

Tip: Sunday June 14, 12:00 – 13:00, by visiting the museum you can get to know the designers and enjoy a performance by Luca Tichelman

- Fashion Talk - June 13 (14:30 - 16:00 ) fashion and gender discussions and lectures moderated by fashion icon and journalist Aynouk Tan. - The Mutants, a performance by Lotte Milder - June 3 Workshops for kids by designer Mieke Kockelkorn
- Meet the Industry, June 14 02:30 - 04:30During the FASHIONCLASH Festival there will be "speeddates" at the Centre Ceramique. These speeddates are meant for (young) designers and professionals from the fashion-industry to get in touch with one another. Through this we offer the designers an opportunity to get in contact with professionals who represent all the aspects of the fashion-world.

With this unique pop-up exhibition at Bonnefantenmuseum we present a curated selection of historical gender-theme related fashion costumes. The exhibition features iconic pieces by legendary designer such as Yves Saint Laurent, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Paul Smith and Comme des Garçons. The pieces are from the archives of the Fashion Museum in Hasselt.

Tip: Sunday June 14 at 2 p.m., guided visit to this exhibition with from Branko Popovic, creative co-director FASHIONCLASH.

Outspoken Concept Store, is based in Dutch city ‘s-Hertogenbosch (also known as Den Bosch). The store is located at the space of Galerie Majke Hüsstege, a gallery that exists for more then 40 years. In 2013 Majke Hüsstege (the gallery owner) started a conceptstore in the back of her gallery and expanded her platform for fashion and design talents. The gallery is awarded for Dutch gallery of the year 2014, and has a refined contemporary art collection. During FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015 you can visit Outspoken pop-up store where you will find a refined mix of fashion and design. http://www.outspokenstore.nl